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Anti-choice political action group Texas Right to Life exposed their personal information on its website

Exploit: Misconfiguration

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Risk to Business: 2.636 = Moderate

Anti-choice political action group Texas Right to Life is in hot water after it exposed the personal information of hundreds of job applicants on its website. Investigators have blamed a configuration error that allowed anyone to access all applicants’ resumes, which were stored in an unprotected directory. No additional information appears to have been exposed.

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Individual Risk: 2.712 = Moderate

Job applicants had names, phone numbers, addresses and details of their employment history exposed, as the data included complete resumes for approximately 300 people..

Customers Impacted: 300 job applicants

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Source: Tech Crunch